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Charles Goode (1915-1998) - Electrical engineer. Millfield & Bloomfield Collieries. Recorded 2 June 1992. Part 1/1.
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Summary427B Charles Goode
Recorded 02 June 1992.
Worked at Bloomfield Colliery, 1956-76.
1:08
Started working at Millfield in 1930.
Millfield began operations in 1929.
1:41
Lived at Paxton, age 15.
John Armstrong, manager.
2:01
Dick Kirkwood, blacksmith.
Father emigrated to Australia, 1928.
2:24
Father worked at Millfield.
Recalls delivering papers (5 bob/week).
2:59
Jimmy Wilson.
Recalls walking to pit "looking for job".
4:41
Number of skips in "set".
Steam-driven haulage engine.
5:27
"Babcock & Wilcox" boiler, Millfield.
Recalls tipping skips into trucks.
6:17
Recalls building of slack box.
Fred Lawson.
6:53
Shaker screens, description of.
Recollection of "gantry", Millfield.
8:24
Coal was carried by bucket elevator to box.
Description of bucket elevator.
9:13
Bucket elevator was electrically driven.
Brand/capacity of electric motor.
9:50
Plate chain conveyor, description of.
Brand/capacity of electric motor.
Recalls how coal was graded.
12:09
Description of "Barber Green" loader.
Size of "slides" on the shaker screen.
13:25
Steam engine had bevelled gear drive shaft.
Recalls feeding coal onto screen.
15:34
"Best" coal went into wagons.
Recalls installation of "crusher".
16:03
Crushed coal went into "hoppers".
Crusher was driven by 2200 h.p. motor.
16:34
Ventilator fan driven by 50 h.p. electric motor.
Recollection of "Sirocco" ventilator fan.
17:22
Description of upcast shaft, Millfield.
Harry Thomas, manager.
20:51
Dick Thomas, Ayrfield manager.
Alf Mason.
21:59
Peter Hinch.
Recollection of "water money" strike.
22:51
Tom Charlton.
Alec Wardrop, Chief Clerk.
24:59
Mick Smith.
Job description working in lamp cabin.
27:25
Used 5 h.p. motor to change lamps.
Number of lamps which charged.
Location of lamp cabin, Millfield.
28:51
Dimensions of lamp cabin building.
Converted main rope to endless rope.
30:34
Skips ("full'ins") came up two at-a-time.
Number of empty skips that went underground.
Bede Kelly.
33:17
Dave Pettigrew.
Fred Hallam.
33:50
George Sweetman.
Noel White.
35:29
Use 5 h.p. "Billabong" water pumps.
Reason for using asbestos pipes.
36:39
"Ajax" pumps pumped into holding dam.
Recalls overflow of water.
Recalls "cleaning up" of pumps.
39:41
Recalls asbestos pipe splitting.
Recalls repairing asbestos piping.
40:41
End (Tape 427/Side A)
Goode, Charles, 1915-1998PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToFred HallamBede KellyNoel WhiteCollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Millfield Colliery, NSW[2] Bloomfield Colliery, NSWIdentifier427A
Recorded 02 June 1992.
Worked at Bloomfield Colliery, 1956-76.
1:08
Started working at Millfield in 1930.
Millfield began operations in 1929.
1:41
Lived at Paxton, age 15.
John Armstrong, manager.
2:01
Dick Kirkwood, blacksmith.
Father emigrated to Australia, 1928.
2:24
Father worked at Millfield.
Recalls delivering papers (5 bob/week).
2:59
Jimmy Wilson.
Recalls walking to pit "looking for job".
4:41
Number of skips in "set".
Steam-driven haulage engine.
5:27
"Babcock & Wilcox" boiler, Millfield.
Recalls tipping skips into trucks.
6:17
Recalls building of slack box.
Fred Lawson.
6:53
Shaker screens, description of.
Recollection of "gantry", Millfield.
8:24
Coal was carried by bucket elevator to box.
Description of bucket elevator.
9:13
Bucket elevator was electrically driven.
Brand/capacity of electric motor.
9:50
Plate chain conveyor, description of.
Brand/capacity of electric motor.
Recalls how coal was graded.
12:09
Description of "Barber Green" loader.
Size of "slides" on the shaker screen.
13:25
Steam engine had bevelled gear drive shaft.
Recalls feeding coal onto screen.
15:34
"Best" coal went into wagons.
Recalls installation of "crusher".
16:03
Crushed coal went into "hoppers".
Crusher was driven by 2200 h.p. motor.
16:34
Ventilator fan driven by 50 h.p. electric motor.
Recollection of "Sirocco" ventilator fan.
17:22
Description of upcast shaft, Millfield.
Harry Thomas, manager.
20:51
Dick Thomas, Ayrfield manager.
Alf Mason.
21:59
Peter Hinch.
Recollection of "water money" strike.
22:51
Tom Charlton.
Alec Wardrop, Chief Clerk.
24:59
Mick Smith.
Job description working in lamp cabin.
27:25
Used 5 h.p. motor to change lamps.
Number of lamps which charged.
Location of lamp cabin, Millfield.
28:51
Dimensions of lamp cabin building.
Converted main rope to endless rope.
30:34
Skips ("full'ins") came up two at-a-time.
Number of empty skips that went underground.
Bede Kelly.
33:17
Dave Pettigrew.
Fred Hallam.
33:50
George Sweetman.
Noel White.
35:29
Use 5 h.p. "Billabong" water pumps.
Reason for using asbestos pipes.
36:39
"Ajax" pumps pumped into holding dam.
Recalls overflow of water.
Recalls "cleaning up" of pumps.
39:41
Recalls asbestos pipe splitting.
Recalls repairing asbestos piping.
40:41
End (Tape 427/Side A)
Goode, Charles, 1915-1998PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToFred HallamBede KellyNoel WhiteCollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Millfield Colliery, NSW[2] Bloomfield Colliery, NSWIdentifier427Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Charles Goode (1915-1998) - Electrical engineer. Millfield & Bloomfield Collieries. Recorded 2 June 1992. Part 1/1., [427A]. Living Histories, accessed 28/09/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/56082